Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Genre: Rock
Country Of Origin: United States
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Member: Yes
Album: Born In The U.S.A.
Released: 1984
Producer: John Landau/Chuck Plotkin/Bruce Springsteen/Silvio Dante
Best Songs: Born In The U.S.A./Cover Me/Darlington County/Downbown Train/I'm On Fire/No Surrender/Bobby Jean/I'm Goin' Down/Glory Days/Dancing In The Dark/My Hometown
Disclaimer: All "facts" come from wikipedia.com unless otherwise noted.
I really don't understand the disdain for Springsteen here on Classic Rock Bottom. But it's definitely present. And although I know it's useless to try and change your mind (after all, you like what you like and you dislike what you dislike), I am posting my favorite Springsteen album this week. It's from 1984 (the year I graduated from high school) and it's called Born In The U.S.A.
It was a massive album. It opened up Springsteen's music to the masses, myself included. The article in Wikipedia regarding the album has tons of tidbits, so I'll just mention a few of them here. And as you can see from above, I am a big fan of this album. The only song I'm not crazy about is Working On The Highway.
Look, it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks of this album. You can listen to it if you want or not. But you are missing out. It's fantastic. The worse thing about the album is the cheesy video for Dancing In The Dark (which stars a young Courtney Cox). I'd say that probably Darlington County and No Surrender are two of the lesser known songs here, but just listen to how good they are. Even the hits are terrific, my favorite of those being Glory Days (although I do think Springsteen's vocal on the title track is one of his best ever).
Side One:
1. Born In The U.S.A.
2. Cover Me
3. Darlington County
4. Working On The Highway
5. Downbound Train
6. I'm On Fire
Side Two:
7. No Surrender
8. Bobby Jean
9. I'm Goin' Down
10. Glory Days
11. Dancing In The Dark
12. My Hometown
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I bet you ladies were expecting Poison...
I'm going to listen to this now. I'm very scared.
For kickass straightahead Rock & Roll, Working On The Highway is the one for me!
I.....just....couldn't.....hit.....the.....play....button.
Maybe another day?
Whatever.
So this was a very easy listening experience. Not because of how great it was, but because I couldnt bare the thought of hearing any of the hits from this album again, its just too soon seeing how way overplayed they all were. So instead I listened to those traks that Ive never heard before. Yes, Ive never owned this on any format...
So lets start with Darlington County... People in the NorthEast like this crap? How many "band members" does he have on stage that use one stick to bang on things? Sounds like upwards of 10. Have you ever been to Florence SC, you know, on the way to Myrtle Beach and where Darlington Speedway is? THey woudl hate this too...
Next...
Working on the Highway ... M Pell calls this pure rock and roll. I love M Pell, he's friggin awesome, but he got that wrong. This is just filler
Next ...
Downbound Train ... What the hell is a downbound train? At least this a decent feel to it but his story telling doesnt resonate with me, maybe thats the core issue
Next ...
No Surrender ... Sorry, Im waving my white flag!
Next ...
Bobby Jean ... ugh
Praise The Lord! Im done...
Damn! This makes me really want to listen to this now!
Get the vinyl, put it on the turntable and run around with it as it spins, lol!
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